Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Kyoto Area

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Gourmet / Alcohol

Kamo Mitarashi Chaya

4.0

109 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Shimogamomatsunokichou 53

A venerable tea house located across from Shimogamo-jinja Shrine in Kyoto City’s Sakyo Ward said to be the originator of mitarashi dango dumplings in a sweet soy sauce glaze. The chewy dumplings of the shop’s signature mitarashi dango go well with the mild brown sugar and soy sauce glaze and are broiled to perfection, giving them a toasty flavor. The shop is purely Japanese in décor and design, and in addition to takeout, patrons can enjoy their treats in the eat-in space. The shop’s seasonal items like zenzai sweet bean soup, warabi mochi bracken starch dumplings, and shaved ice are also popular.

店内と、外側にイートインコーナーがあり、みたらし団子を食べる女の子たちでいっぱいでした。団子の大きさは小ぶりで、甘すぎずあっさりとした味わいです。下鴨神社と縁が深くて、歴史を感じさせる甘味だと思いました。
Shinpuku Saikan (Main Shop)

4.0

303 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Shimogyou-ku Higashishiokoujimukaihatachou 569

Shinpuku Saikan (Main Shop) is a popular ramen noodle shop that started as a food stall in 1938. It's known for its rich yet simple soy-sauce based soup with a tantalizing accent of Kujo onion added to deepen the flavor. They also have popular dark fried rice (called yaki-meshi) that's just as good as their dark hued soup.

This ramen restaurant was recommended to me by a friend. I came here about 20 minutes after opening and there was already a line. The line did not take very long. We ordered the traditional ramen and...
Yamayoshi Shijo Kawaramachi Store

3.0

25 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi Shimogyo-ku Nishikiya Machi Tooru Matsubara Kami 2-chome Temmachi 272

This crab restaurant is located in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto. You can taste dishes centered on fresh crab that is not frozen. They feature a rich menu using the entire crab, including hot pot dishes, tempura, chawan-mushi (savory egg custard) and kani-miso (crab paste). They also offer plans for lunch-only set meals and for banquets. In addition, the Shijo Kawaramachi store is open only in the winter during the crab season from October to March.

We did not have time to go to Fukui, so we went to Yamayoshi in Kyoto to try the Matsuba crab. The service was reasonably good. The waiter explained to us our options and tailored the courses to...
Ogawa Coffee Main Store

4.0

26 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Ukyou-ku Nishikyougokukitashouzakaichou 75

Ogawa Coffee an old-style coffee shop in Kyoto's Ukyo Ward, is a space that promotes a coffee lifestyle. It sells coffee beans, offers samples, and has more than 20 varieties of coffee available. Customers can enjoy the seasonal sweets made by the cafe's pastry chef, as well as meals. It is also possible to rent the entire cafe for private events.

小川珈琲のコーヒーセミナーに参加しました。講師が小川珈琲のバリスタでとてもわかりやすく教えてくださいました。美味しいコーヒーとケーキもご馳走になり満足しています。
Tendan (Gion Main Shop)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Miyakawasuji 1-225

Tendan is a yakiniku (broiled meat) restaurant located near Gion-Shijo Station along the Kamo River. Since its founding in 1965, it has been known to serve the same tare sauce, a fresh-tasting liquid with a base of beef bone broth that brings out the savory flavor of the meat. The popular loin uses only sirloin and rib loin, which go well with the tare and allow diners to enjoy the meaty flavors to the fullest extent. The restaurant also employs a sommelier, who selects the best wines to accompany meat dishes.
Temari-zushi and Japanese Tea SOUDEN

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Shinmachi-dori Sanjo Agaru Cho Kashiracho 110-1

This stylish restaurant is on Shinmachi-dori avenue. The shop interior is redolent with the scent of Japanese tea, and offers deeply flavorful tea with healthy sushi for elegant dining. The colorful temari sushi is a lunchtime hit. They serve nine seafood toppings with five delicacy toppings for 14 cute, bite-sized sushi that avoid interfering in conversation. Additionally, it includes monaka sweets. In the evening, they add a variety of foods to accompany drinks like charcoal grilled foods, sashimi, drink snacks and more. They also offer their own original cha-shu, a cocktail made with fresh tea leave, for a seasonal delight.
Dessert Cafe Chourakukan

4.5

101 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Yasakatorimae Tokyu Maruyama Town 604

This Western-style building constructed in the Meiji era is an elegant dessert café and a ten minute walk from Keihan Gion Shijo Station. The guests can choose from seven different styles of room and indulge themselves as they enjoy live piano performances four times a day and twice in the evening. The Rococo style “guest room”, which was once used as a drawing room, is only used for afternoon tea. Visitors can spend an elegant afternoon enjoying cakes and tea using British style afternoon tea stands, with scones and sandwiches.

We had a traditional afternoon tea at the luxurious western-style building Chorakukan built in 1909. The tea was an original Ceylon-based blend that was very fragrant and memorable. It smelled so...
Ganko Takasegawa Nijoen

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Kiyachou Toichuzu town descending two ordinances 484 - 6

This Japanese restaurant is in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City. Takasegawa Nijoen is a historic Japanese garden constructed by the merchant Suminokura Ryoi in 1611. The restaurant is used for celebrations and receptions, and focuses on elegant kaiseki course dining, as well as dishes like shabu shabu made with Omi beef. Lots of tourists come to dine while taking in the seasonal view.
Tenryu-ji Shigetsu

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Ukyou-ku Sagatenryujisusukinobabachou 68

A Buddhist vegetarian cuisine restaurant located inside the Tenryu-ji Temple’s garden, a World Heritage Site, in Kyoto City. Buddhist vegetarian cuisine was originally developed for monks who were prohibited from eating meat. It is made without any animal-derived products, instead using highly seasonal ingredients with a focus on vegetables and emphasizing the “five flavors,” the “five colors,” and the “five laws.” The restaurant offers three courses which change with the seasons—a 3,000 yen course, 5,000 yen course, and 7,000 yen course. No matter which course you choose, you will be able to enjoy delicate flavors that make maximum use of the individual ingredients involved.
Gion Tokuya

4.5

107 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachiminamigawa 570-127

This cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets located in Gion’s Hanamikoji-dori Street is well-known as a place where lines can form. Its famous product is the Tokuya’s Hon Warabimochi, made with domestically-produced hon-warabiko (bracken starch) and refined Japanese sugar. Despite its jiggling appearance, the appeal lies in its smooth, thick texture that melts in the mouth. The Omatcha’s Hon Kuzumochi, which uses real Yoshino-produced kuzu and high quality matcha green tea, is also popular and one can try a mix of that with the Hon Warabimochi. In addition, they also offer sweets that bring out the delicious taste of the raw materials such as zenzai (red bean soup) and shaved ice made with tea. One can fully enjoy their Japanese sweets that make the most of the ingredients’ flavors amidst a pure Japanese atmosphere. The closest station is Gion-Shijo Station.

HORRIBLE!! THE TALL MALE WAITER TOLD US OVER 2 HOUR WAIT PERHAPS AND IT WAS VERY SUNNY AND HOT SO WE WENT BACK OUE HOTEL INSTEAD OF WAITING OUTSIDE AND CAME BACK BY TAXI TO EAT HERE. THEY REFUSED TO...
Kyoto Ramen Koji

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Ward, Karasuma-ku, Karasuma-kurokuroki Down Close Higashirochirokicho 901 Kyoto Station Building 10F

This food theme park for ramen located on the 10th floor of the Kyoto Station Building was completely remodeled and reopened in the summer of 2016. It is home to nine of some of the nation’s most popular ramen shops, from Sapporo’s famous Shirakaba Sansou to Tokyo’s Tai-Sho-Ken, Kyoto’s Masutani and Hakata’s Hakata Ikkousha. In addition to local office workers and shoppers, it is also popular among tourists as a gourmet spot. There is also Oven-Baked Sweets Chasen, which serves Japanese sweets with new textures and is easy to use as a place to rest while shopping.
Zen Kashoin (Kyoto Muromachi Main Store)

4.5

22 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Muromachi-dori Nijo Ru Le Tepo Pharmaceutical Town 271-1

Located in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, this cafe is in the Zen Kashoin, a Japanese confectionery store, which sells sweets centered on castella sponge cake. In addition, you can enjoy mainly Japanese sweets such as oshiruko (sweet red bean soup), parfaits and matcha ice cream floats. Spend a relaxing time in the building that exudes an historical presence.

渋谷のお店よりもくつろげます。平日午後でしたがすんなり入店できました。茶器やグリーンのソファが店内と合っていて素敵な雰囲気。いろいろ食べたかったけれどランチ後でお腹がいっぱいでしたので然ノ膳でお菓子１品を注文しました。半生カステラも人気ですがどら焼きが甘すぎずとても好きです。
Hanbey-fu

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku, wholesale town Gojo Gojo Leisure town 433

A long-established shop selling ‘fu,’ a bread-like food made of wheat gluten, from the Edo period. The shop opened in 1689, and introduced the secret method of how to make “fu” which had until then been treated as a high-class food in the palace. The shop is a traditional wooden building, but the sales area inside is a modern Kyoto-style decorated with stained glass, making you aware of the changes over time. In the tea shop “Hanbei,” there is a course menu of ‘fu’ and ‘yuba’ (tofu skin), and you are able to dine here as well.
omurahouse Kinkakuji Branch

4.5

35 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Kita-ku Kinugasasoumonchou 10-9

This is a restaurant specializing in rice omelet located next to Kinkakuji Temple (The Golden Pavilion). The interior is calm with the atmosphere of an old-fashioned western style restaurant. The store serves a variety of rice omelet dishes in addition to the traditional dish such as curry omelet, seafood omelet, and a green vegetable salad omelet. Another dish on the menu is dark strips of seaweed and rice rolled in an omelet topped with yuba—tofu skin. Customers can order a plate for two people including two types of omelet, salad and drink to try a variety of flavors.

Walked by here several times and now Ive been here twice – really nice omuraisu – one of the best Ive had and now Ive tried a few from the menu and theyre all really yummy.
Gion Izuju

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 292-1

A venerable sushi restaurant located in front of Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto City’s Higashiyama Ward founded in the late Meiji period. Specializing in Kyoto sushi, a unique variety of sushi which evolved in an area far from the sea, the restaurant’s saba mackerel sushi, made with cub mackerel from Tsushima Bay, is particularly famous. The thick, fatty meat of the shimesaba vinegar soused mackerel goes perfectly with the sumeshi vinegared rice. Other excellent choices include the makizushi rolled sushi, inarizushi fried tofu sushi, and hamonoko young pike conger narezushi fermented sushi. Diners even travel from overseas to enjoy a meal at this popular establishment.
Gion Gyuzen

4.0

103 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 323 Gion Hall 4F

This Japanese cuisine restaurant close by the Kyoto sightseeing spot of Yasaka Shrine mainly serves shabu-shabu, sukiyaki and other nabe (hot pot) dishes. They are choosy about the quality of their meat, and offer a set where guests can simultaneously enjoy shabu-shabu and sukiyaki. There are plenty of all-you-can-eat options from reasonably priced menu offerings to those which allow you to eat Japanese Black beef to your heart’s content, while the course offerings where guests can try food including Kyoto’s obanzai cuisine and fried foods are popular. Despite the fact that the interior has been designed with a Japanese ambience, the ceilings are high to provide a sense of spaciousness. They also have private rooms with horigotatsu (recessed, heated floor seats) and counter seats available. The closest station is Gion-Shijo Station.

A bit difficult to find as they located inside the building, they do variety of beef selection with combination of Suki-Shabu. I think its worth the price you pay, but nothing special.
Saryou Housen

4.5

90 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Shimogamonishitakagicho 25

A Japanese-style sweets cafe located in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture south of Matsugasaki-dori Street traveling from Kitajo-dori Street. Here you can enjoy tea and confections in a tatami mat room while taking in a seasonal Japanese garden. The cafe makes use of top class, high quality Tanba Dainagon black soybeans personally selected by the owner. The cafe offers sets which include hot or cold matcha powdered green tea with one of a choice of five to six seasonal fresh confections crafted one at a time by a skilled artisan; as well as yuki-mochi rice cake sets; and a la carte confections including warabimochi bracken starch dumplings and zenzai sweet azuki bean soup.

Precious shops that can eat the handmade bracken rice cake. Very delicious, it melts in the mouth. Moment of taut, will no longer melts like a pale love. After you have finished eating, as of the end...
Capital Touyoutei Honten

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Kita-ku Kamigamoiwagakakiuchichou 28-3

Just four minute walk from exit number four of the Kitayama Station on the Karasuma Subway line, this historic western cuisine restaurant is located across from the north gate of the Kyoto Botanical Gardens, and was established in 1897. Marketed as the restaurant with one hundred years of western cuisine in Kyoto, the restaurant has preserved the founding motto of ‘We want many people to enjoy our delicious food at a reasonable price.” Known for their Toyotei special, the hamburger steak with a hot creamy baked potato slathered with butter is one of the most popular dishes, and their chilled ‘whole tomato salad’ is also popular.
Murakami Kaishindo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Chukyo-ku Teramachi-Tori Nijo-Eru

This patisserie was established in 1907 on Teramachi-dori Avenue, in Tokiwagi-cho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City. They offer a variety of sweets like 11 types of cookie, or Russian Cake, which is made from scratch and softer than the cookies. They also sell summer-only Orange jelly, and creamy Teramachi Vanilla Pudding. The attached cafe, housed in a renovated 90-year-old Japanese style building, offers coffee and cafe-only sweets.
Kyoto Ichinoden Main Store

4.5

53 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Yanagi Baba street Nishiki Uruifango 435

A Saikyo-zuke (fish pickled in Kyoto sweet miso) shop located along Yanaginobanba-dori Avenue traveling north from Nishiki Market. The shop’s kuramiso-zuke is made with a secret Saikyo-zuke recipe handed down since the shop’s founding in 1927. Beloved by many for years, it has a delicately sweet, melt-in-your-mouth flavor. The first floor of the shop sells Saikyo-zuke and other products, while the second floor is a restaurant serving a monthly changing menu of traditional Kyoto kaiseki course cuisine with a focus on Saikyo-zuke dishes.

西京焼きの、老舗オススメします！前日の予約で14時半が予約できてとても楽しみにしてました。コース料理なのでどれを食べても美味しいです

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Kyoto Areas

Its wooden tea houses, shuffling geisha, and spiritual sights have seen Kyoto hailed as the heart of traditional Japan, a world apart from ultramodern Tokyo. Despite being the Japanese capital for over a century, Kyoto escaped destruction during World War II, leaving behind a fascinating history which can be felt at every turn, from the fully gold-plated Kinkakuji Temple down to traditional customs such as geisha performances and tea ceremonies, which are still practiced to this day.